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"2 Years After Sandy, U.S. Disaster Policy Is Still A Disaster"

"Two years ago, Superstorm Sandy devastated the northeastern United States, killing more than 70 people, causing $60 billion in damage and exposing major gaps in federal disaster preparedness and response. But there has been little movement in Congress to change policies to prepare the country for future disasters."

Source: Huffington Post, 10/30/2014

"Lawsuit: Quake Standards Altered at California Nuclear Plant"

"Federal regulators secretly and illegally revised the license for California’s last nuclear power facility — PG&E’s Diablo Canyon — to mask the aging plant’s vulnerability to earthquakes, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by environmentalists."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 10/30/2014

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